Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles - is as unique as our fingerprints. — Chris Cleave Brands Copy Share Image
At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on. — Chris Cleave Faces Copy Share Image
“He reached out a hand behind the headrest of his seat and Kate took it, and they squeezed. The pressure created a… — Chris Cleave Time Copy Share Image
I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school. — Chris Cleave Athletic Copy Share Image
“It was depression that killed Andrew, of course - depression and guilt. But my son didn't believe in death, let alone in… — Chris Cleave Death Copy Share Image
Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds. — Chris Cleave Conviction Copy Share Image
We don't know our hearts until life puts us to the test, and WWII fascinates because it was the last time everyone… — Chris Cleave Heart Copy Share Image
“It was beautiful, and that is a word I would not need to explain to the girls from back home, and I… — Chris Cleave Salt water Copy Share Image
I was astonished to find that the positions my grandfather had defended were now overgrown and entangled with trees and thorns. I… — Chris Cleave Expected Copy Share Image
Death, of course, is a refuge. It's where you go when a new name, or a mask and cape, can no longer… — Chris Cleave Asylums Copy Share Image
At this point in time the war [ WWII] is close enough to still feel hotly personal to a writer, yet far… — Chris Cleave Enough Copy Share Image
“I looked around me at the beautiful sunrise and I was thinking, Yes, yes, everything will be beautiful like this now. I… — Chris Cleave Another day Copy Share Image
Still shaking, in the pew, I understood that it isn't the dead we cry for. We cry for ourselves, and I didn't… — Chris Cleave Cry Copy Share Image
I was carrying two cargoes. Yes, one of them was horror, but the other one was hope. — Chris Cleave Hope Copy Share Image
“Isn't it sad, growing up? You start off like my Charlie. You start off thinking you can kill all the baddies and… — Chris Cleave Little bee Copy Share Image
We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not… — Chris Cleave Beauty Copy Share Image
I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore.… — Chris Cleave Athlete Copy Share Image
“on a bike ride through the Surrey Lanes, pedalling in my cotton dress through the hot fields blushing with poppies, freewheeling down… — Chris Cleave Childhood Copy Share Image
“There’s eight million people here pretending the others aren’t getting on their nerves. I believe it’s called civilization.” — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don't always respond with hate and anger. If they… — Chris Cleave Anger Copy Share Image